Bellone Cuts Ties with LIPA HQ

me November 11, 2012 at 08:43 pm

why should LIPA pay for your lost food????? thats not their fault--seriously!! jeez.... go thru your home-owners if its that important to you.... think of those who lost houses and other things---and your worried about a little bit of food!!! ... and BTW do you really think all LIPA employees have their lights on!!! I THINK NOT!!! I am one of them... there are plenty of employees that have yet to see their families and take care of their homes and the damages that have been done--all because they are working 16 + hours a day to get your lights own!!! there are employees that have homes that have been destroyed and they cant get to them yet!! I may not see my husband until after Thanksgiving, so do give me none of that crap!!! and CHRISTIE didnt do shit!!! OK well wait, HE did have MORE workers for them, PSEG had more help then we did!!!! PERIOD!!! we are down on manpower... management sucks---workers are doing their best!!!!

me November 11, 2012 at 08:46 pm

why wouldnt you !! you still owe them!!! this is not a bill for this past week ??? is it??? NOOOO get over it and pay what is due!!!

Laura Jean November 11, 2012 at 09:02 pm

Did I say a word about not paying you, LIPA scammer? No, I said you didn't miss a trick in billing people, but you can't get your act together to put the electric back on. Yes, there are people who lost everything, but the test of a utility comes when it is not capable of responding not only to the a major disruption, but the smallest of problems as well. You, LIPA and 'me', have failed. You don't like hearing it? Too bad. Grow up, become responsible instead of hounding people to pay something that isn't due for a month and from people who have not said they would not pay. I wish the worst on you and your family, may all that has befallen the many hit you.

Laura Jean November 11, 2012 at 09:04 pm

And now we know that LIPA is paying it's employees to sit at computers and harass Long Islanders who speak out against them. Great allocation of resources, LIPA.

Lisa November 11, 2012 at 09:41 pm

If it weren't for the out of towners, we would be in the DARK until next year. God Bless them. I do not blame the actual LIPA workers, I thank each and everyone of them, I blame there over paid, Incompetent Bosses, who don't seem to have a clue.

oonald November 12, 2012 at 12:52 am

Katrina. George bush. Was to blame? Sandy Obama is to blame. He stops by new jersey and gives Chris Cristy a pat on the ass and we have not seen him for a week and a half ooooohhhhhh. By the way where is that useless Tim Bishop you know the great guys that you people re-elected. BOTH MISSING. You blame the commander and chief. Not lipa management. They will allways try to keep cost down and levied shitty service . It's the leaders at the top!!!!!!!!!!!

oonald November 12, 2012 at 12:53 am

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Jay Rettaliata November 12, 2012 at 01:04 am

Sounds like a bunch of scapegoating and fingerpointing to me. Politicians are very good at that.

Emily Moon November 12, 2012 at 05:19 am

Stacey Please be careful about opening your door. Years ago I lived in Holtsville and a man dressed like he worked for Lilco knocked on my door. My neighbors later told me that he was looking in my window for about five minutes before he knocked. He was watching me. When I went to the door I asked him what he wanted? He said, "I'm from Lilco and I need to come in and read the meter." I told him the meters were outside. Then he says, "what I have to check out is inside." I told him I'm calling Lilco; I'll be right back. Then he said, "forget about it; I'll be back another day." I freaked out; because of the way he said he'd be back another day. I called Lilco and they told me they read the meters every other month and they didn't send anyone out. I was so terrified. I had an alarm system installed in my condo and the board of management sent out a letter to every condo in Waverly Park condominiums; about this man posing as a Lilco employee. Thank God he never came back....

Mike Chubre November 12, 2012 at 05:26 am

I have worked with utilities for many years dealing with their tree trimming " Line Clearance " What I am saying is "FACT" . Power poles that are rotton below ground are not able to hold the weight of a tree when it falls on a line , making the pole lean over. Many poles dont get changed right away when found in this condition . Some may not get changed for years , but are tagged as rotton . Also if a primary line calls for , lets say an 80 amp fuse , but it gets changed with a bigger fuse , when a tree limb bumps the line instead of the fuse blowing, the line burns down . The bigger fuse helps the utility with outages , but causes feeders operations , such as blinking lights all day long. Also this is a safety hazard . Its better to have a fuse blow rather than a primary line burn down. When a lineman goes out on an outage and its cause is a tree , it needs to be coded as such . Not to be coded as act of God , squirrel , animal , lightling . The less outages on the quartley reports , the less money spent on tree trimming crews . The PSC goes with outage reports and if trees dont show up, the utility gets away with needed maintiance . This will always catch up to the utility . Like its known , pay now or pay later . In Sandys case it seems they are paying now.

Emily Moon November 12, 2012 at 05:28 am

I just knew someone was going to mention me. So what if I hug trees. I love them.

Mike Chubre November 12, 2012 at 05:35 am

The gov of NY IS COMPLAINING about the elec utility not having enough poles to replace the damaged ones . No utility inventorys enough poles for a storm like Sandy . What the gov needs to take a hard look at is maintiance on the lines. If he goes down the main roads he will see trees trimmed properly . Its the back lot lines that are burning up . The lines everyday people do not see. The poorer neighborhoods always get trimmed last as those people do not scream as loud when power goes out . Every storm I have ever worked in my life , what I saw was lack of maintiance . Of course trees blown over caused alot of damage and most people assume when seeing this that , thats the cause of all the outages . NOT TRUE AT ALL.

Emily Moon November 12, 2012 at 05:52 am

I had a dead tree creaking last year and it was touching the power line. I knew Irene was coming and LIPA drove me nuts for two weeks. I called them every day. LiPA kept telling me they had contacted him and not to worry. Finally, I asked for his phone # and LIPA gave it to me. I can't find the number but the tree removal person answered the phone and I think he was crocked. The day before Irene hit he came and cut it just under the wire and I was grateful. I knew there would be a problem if something worse than Irene came and here it is. :( Stay warm and alive everyone.

Mike Chubre November 12, 2012 at 06:22 am

I have to say this after reading comments above. Believe me, utilities workers dont have it easy , they are hard workers . I have never seen an electric worker be a slacker . Storm damage is hazardous work even for the best . What we have is a bunch of people spoiled with ellectric at the push of a button . Maybe these people will not take the electric for granted as they do. Regardless of what they pay for electric , it does not mean they should take it all for granted . I have found management at some utilities think they are above it all and can do whatever they want . I had upper management having me do private work at times for the good old boys instead of doing what was to be done. If I complained I would be looking for another job . But lineman do work hard and I would bet most of you would not want their job . As good pay as it is , I still believe they are under payed .

Mike Chubre November 12, 2012 at 06:27 am

God help NJ AND NY if anything bigger than a cat 1 hits in their area . A cat 1 should of never in my opinion done all this damage . It seems there must of been tornados mixed in somewhere . I know the building codes up north are not as good as the south and maybe they need to change them soon. With this change everything will cost more . AND NO IT WONT BE OBAMA s FAULT !!!!

Laura Jean November 12, 2012 at 12:10 pm

Excuse me, but the president offered to come but was asked not to until a later date. I understand from the news that he'll be coming soon. As for Bishop, I have received email updates from him several times a day providing information as to FEMA, FEMA locations and times of operation, the location of Red Cross centers and a variety of other information. To say that either have been 'MISSING' is a lie. And the commander in chief is not responsible for the mismanagement of LIPA, the governor and LIPA are responsible. Bush wasn't responsible for the storm, he was responsible for the bad Federal response to Katrina. Try getting your facts straight instead of spouting your tainted hatred.

steve November 12, 2012 at 02:57 pm

Lipa sucks , I havent had power since today. My block been up and running since last week Lipa cut the feed from the pole to my house, I stopped at least 5-6 lipa trucks and been calling everyday and they all said they cant do anything or will get to it. This am i stoped a truck from outof state while passing by and where on there way to another job . they are ( from calf currently staying at the farmingdale fire dept,) had me up and running in 10 mintues and lipa couldnt do anything acording to them. ( the calf company was great and they said if anyone in farmingdale still out you better off calling the fire dept where they are staying and they will get to you as soon as they can. ) These out of state companys getting things done faster then lipa and are looking to help up like lipa and there red tape rules everywhere.

Greg Fischer November 12, 2012 at 03:19 pm

(Part 1 of 2)
Greg Fischer HELP FIX THE LIPA MESS AND HELP THOUSANDS OF LONG ISLANDERS (and yourself)! Did you know, despite what they say on TV, the Governor, and Mangano, and Bellone, sent lots of attorneys out to oppose CURRENT LAWSUITS TO GET US ELECTED LIPA TRUSTEES? (Fischer v. NYS Board of Elections, 2012) The lawsuits seek to get elected trustees to get us better and more open control of LIPA. However, the greate r benefits public oversight will GET THE RATES DOWN (40% like Greenport, or maybe more), allow competition, also cut rates = big tax cuts, then break LIPA up into local Municipal Power authorities (like Freeport and Rockville Centre) so we can have far greater reliability, more good local jobs, and less pollution (which means less cancer). If the Governor, or Mangano, or Bellone wanted INSTANT REFORM all one of them have to do is agree to allow LIPA Trustee elections. Otherwise, LIPA reform could take a decade or maybe NEVER! It would take Municipal Home Rule messages from every effected municipality, then the Senate and Assembly would have to pass a bill, then the Governor would have to sign it. Do you honestly believe we would ever get enough agreement to get the reform we need? Would you please call the decision makers REPEATEDLY to encourage them to get us the instant reform we need?

Greg Fischer November 12, 2012 at 03:20 pm

(Part 2 of 2)
Would you please call the decision makers REPEATEDLY to encourage them to get us the instant reform we need? The Honorable Andrew M. Cuomo Governor of New York State NYS State Capitol Building Albany, NY 12224 (518) 474-8390 gov.cuomo@chamber.state.ny.us Steve Bellone Suffolk County Executive P.O. Box 6100 Hauppauge, NY 11788 (631) 853-5593 county.executive@suffolkcountyny.gov Edward P. Mangano Nassau County Executive 1550 Franklin Avenue Mineola, NY 11501 516-MANGANO or 516-686-4260 emangano@nassaucountyny.gov Please send copies of your emails to: Greg Fischer at perfect100@hotmail.com Follow the LIPA issues on Facebook under “LIPA OVERSIGHT” and “POLITICAL PATRIOT”. See papers on PACER for the Federal District Court for the Eastern District of New York, Civil Action Number: CV-12-5397 Newsday & News-12 have not exposed deep corruption at LIPA. Tens of thousands of Long Islanders are suffering right now. Would you please make calls and send emails REPEATEDLY until we have elected LIPA Trustees?

Jonathan Baker November 12, 2012 at 04:30 pm

@ Mike Chubre My experience with Sandy supports your assertions regarding maintenance. Damage to poles and lines during Irene caused me to lose power for 5 days last year. Two or three poles were replaced on my circuit, as well as new lines. Trees were cut back in the process. This year, my circuit was undamaged while houses further down the block from me lost power for 3 days. Good maintenance seems to be a key to preventing at least some of the outages. That seems to be a no-brainer. Having our power service below ground, rather than strung on poles, would put to bed the perennial problems with storms here on Long Island. How much more would it cost to do that than paying the price everyone pays each year with the existing structure?
Steve Ballone appears to have discovered, however belatedly, that LIPA upper management has not been doing their jobs and are incompetent. Reorganization of that monopoly from the top down is badly needed. People try to do their jobs well when they know that their jobs are on the line. Does upper management in LIPA face that threat? Apparently, not. Well, maybe it's time for the Boss to start coming down on LIPA. I suggest that we on Long Island write or call Governor Cuomo to demand that he personally get LIPA in shape. Squeaky wheels get the grease. When the governor realizes the a large number of his constituents are up in arms, he will take steps to straighten out LIPA. The governor wants to keep his job, doesn't he?

BK13 November 12, 2012 at 05:29 pm

Bellone - LIKE A BOSS!

Michelr November 12, 2012 at 05:32 pm

me,
If you read my comment above correctly, I did not make any mention to the lines men not doing their job, I specifically mentioned management, and I'm sure it wasn't a lines person that hung up on me. And yes, to some people to lose a frig full of food is a big deal if you have lost your job............

Stevo November 12, 2012 at 06:54 pm

You either
A) Have power B) Work for LIPA C) A and B

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fay November 16, 2012 at 02:52 am

LOL so did I !!! I paid them for the weeks that I did have electricity. as for the past 3 weeks they are out of luck. Why should I pay for a service that's not provided.

fay November 16, 2012 at 02:59 am

I agree, since this storm hit I've been saying "and this is suppose to be an advanced society?"

fay November 16, 2012 at 03:11 am

Here is an interesting story about LIPA, in September of 2011 I had someone from Lipa check a telephone pole on my property. When I asked him why LIPA doesn't cut back the trees hanging over all the power lines on the roads he said " if we did that many people would be out of jobs" so, if any one is wondering why they don't cut back the trees over all the power lines you now know some LIpa workers rely on power outages, at the expense of the general public, so they can keep their jobs.

Mike Chubre November 18, 2012 at 07:40 am

How many rotten poles are being paid for by the federal government ? And other items as well. Utilities get paid for these broken poles after claiming they broke from the storm. How many were already broken , rotten and waiting to fall??? A primary line can have a tree limb bump it many times before the line burns down , because sometimes bigger fuses are put in than they should have . They do this to avoid tree outages . Problem is , if they dont get to trim those trees soon the lines burn down instead of a fuse blowing . If they had the proper size fuse , the tree limb might blow out the line the first time its bumped by the limp . Sneaky little tricks the utility uses to look good on paper . Like having salt built up on the insulators on the power poles . The current jumps the insulater and burns down the line . Nobodys knows about these things and they get blamed on animals act of God, sometimes anything but maintiance . Insulaters on the beachs needs to be cleaned overtime. The utilites have alot of tricks up their sleeves . They roll the dice and most dont know better. Problem is , the utilities today are in the same bed as the PSC . Not many tree related outages on paper , allows the utilities to cut tree trimming . Its amazing what you can do with a pencil and paper

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